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BOONDOGGLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Work of little or no value done merely to look busy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("boondoggle" is a kind of...):
dissipation; waste; wastefulness (useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly)
Derivation:
boondoggle (do useless, wasteful, or trivial work)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Do useless, wasteful, or trivial work
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "boondoggle" is one way to...):
work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
boondoggle (work of little or no value done merely to look busy)
